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Cecily Joseph

Cecily Joseph

Vice President, Corporate ResponsibilitySymantec Corporation

Cecily Joseph is Vice President of Corporate Responsibility for Symantec Corporation, a global leader in security, backup and availability solutions. In her role, she oversees Symantec's corporate responsibility efforts, which encompass environmental, social, and governance program development, diversity and inclusion, integration and alignment. Joseph drives the global implementation of community investment efforts, sits on Symantec's executive diversity steering committee, and oversees the communication of the company’s corporate responsibility strategy and activities to a broad variety of stakeholder groups. She also serves as liaison to Symantec’s stakeholder advisory panel.

Joseph serves on several external boards including the advisory board for the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the board of directors of Leadership California and, Emergency Shelter Program, a non-profit organization focused on domestic violence and human trafficking. She is the U.S. network business representative to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and works to advance the principles of the UNGC through the public and private sectors and civil society. She also recently served as an expert in residence and executive faculty member with the Presidio Graduate School.

Joseph joined Symantec in 2005 after thirteen years with VERITAS Software, where she led the company's legal affairs and served as executive director of the VERITAS Foundation.

Joseph received the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women Human Rights Award for her work in advancing gender equality.

She holds a J.D. from Tulane University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Miami.